Tim Bullamore
@obituarywriter.bsky.social
Thirty-one years of obituary writing for The Times, Daily Telegraph and more recently also the British Medical Journal
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Conservative Andrew Griffith tells the BBC the Government's "attacks on free speech have landed extremely badly" with the Trump administration
What attacks? The only free speech issue has been whether those who incited racist riots should be locked up. Is it Conservative policy that they shouldn't?
What attacks? The only free speech issue has been whether those who incited racist riots should be locked up. Is it Conservative policy that they shouldn't?
February 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Conservative Andrew Griffith tells the BBC the Government's "attacks on free speech have landed extremely badly" with the Trump administration
What attacks? The only free speech issue has been whether those who incited racist riots should be locked up. Is it Conservative policy that they shouldn't?
What attacks? The only free speech issue has been whether those who incited racist riots should be locked up. Is it Conservative policy that they shouldn't?
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Beyond doubt, from hand on heart to armshoot. Anyone who offers 'doubt' is a fascist enabler. Wrote I was staying off media and those evil faces, but some things get through, and this needs amplifying.
January 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Beyond doubt, from hand on heart to armshoot. Anyone who offers 'doubt' is a fascist enabler. Wrote I was staying off media and those evil faces, but some things get through, and this needs amplifying.
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The Telegraph has finally found some unemployed people it sympathises with
January 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The Telegraph has finally found some unemployed people it sympathises with
Today's toast trembler. Wendy-Ann Paige...
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
Wendy-Ann Paige obituary: Sex guru who taught and titillated Britain
Performer and writer who starred in the bestselling educational sex video The Lovers’ Guide
www.thetimes.com
December 21, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Today's toast trembler. Wendy-Ann Paige...
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
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Suspect we'll hear rather a lot less about this today than we did when it was was people protesting against catastrophic climate change, rather than the right to hang onto their multimillion pound inheritances
Ok tractors are blocking ambulances in central London now by Waterloo. Not deliberately, but it's having an impact
December 11, 2024 at 2:36 PM
Suspect we'll hear rather a lot less about this today than we did when it was was people protesting against catastrophic climate change, rather than the right to hang onto their multimillion pound inheritances
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Christmas has arrived at Wigmore Hall - the tree is up 🎄
December 11, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Christmas has arrived at Wigmore Hall - the tree is up 🎄
By way of contrast, Judith Jamison's obit:
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
Judith Jamison obituary: statuesque dancer in memorable solo
Star of the sensuous, boundary-pushing Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, which she inherited
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:30 PM
By way of contrast, Judith Jamison's obit:
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
Viscount Massereene: as the saying goes, they don't make them like this anymore. Or do they?
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
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Viscount Massereene obituary: Peer and president of the far-right Monday Club
Traditionalist who berated the Conservative leadership for bowing to ‘political correctness’
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Viscount Massereene: as the saying goes, they don't make them like this anymore. Or do they?
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
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Kemi Badenoch calling on Keir Starmer to resign and hold an election after just four months in office, after her own party just suffered its worst election defeat in history, feels incredibly desperate
November 27, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Kemi Badenoch calling on Keir Starmer to resign and hold an election after just four months in office, after her own party just suffered its worst election defeat in history, feels incredibly desperate
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Barbara Taylor Bradford, the Yorkshire-born-and-bred author of some 40 international bestselling novels, has died aged 91 after a short illness
Barbara Taylor Bradford obituary: a woman of substance
Yorkshire-born-and-bred author of some 40 international bestselling novels died aged 91 after a short illness
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Barbara Taylor Bradford, the Yorkshire-born-and-bred author of some 40 international bestselling novels, has died aged 91 after a short illness
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Today is the 59th anniversary of the death of the indomitable Dame Myra Hess, the pianist whose biography has occupied my waking and indeed sleeping moments for 2020s so far. Book due out on her birthday...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaCg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaCg...
The Great Myra Hess
YouTube video by pianopera
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November 25, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Today is the 59th anniversary of the death of the indomitable Dame Myra Hess, the pianist whose biography has occupied my waking and indeed sleeping moments for 2020s so far. Book due out on her birthday...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaCg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaCg...
Barbara Taylor Bradford was a wonderful character. Had a lovely tea with her at the Dorchester a few years ago.
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
Barbara Taylor Bradford obituary: a woman of substance
Yorkshire-born-and-bred author of some 40 international bestselling novels died aged 91 after a short illness
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Barbara Taylor Bradford was a wonderful character. Had a lovely tea with her at the Dorchester a few years ago.
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
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Finally Bullamore 'translates' obituary phrases: "tireless raconteur"="crashing bore", "shamelessly direct ladies' man"="flasher" #deathfest
November 17, 2024 at 5:57 AM
Finally Bullamore 'translates' obituary phrases: "tireless raconteur"="crashing bore", "shamelessly direct ladies' man"="flasher" #deathfest
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"Typically, even today, 80% of obituaries are men and 40% are Oxbridge grads. If we had an hour, we could debate why" - Bullamore #deathfest
November 17, 2024 at 5:57 AM
"Typically, even today, 80% of obituaries are men and 40% are Oxbridge grads. If we had an hour, we could debate why" - Bullamore #deathfest
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Next up, Tim Bullamore on the history and art of obituary writing - his job. http://twitpic.com/8cpf7o #deathfest
November 17, 2024 at 5:57 AM
Next up, Tim Bullamore on the history and art of obituary writing - his job. http://twitpic.com/8cpf7o #deathfest
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Off to the annual St Cecilia’s Day music biz charity quiz! Am on team BBC Music Magazine, and last year they won, so no pressure….
November 21, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Off to the annual St Cecilia’s Day music biz charity quiz! Am on team BBC Music Magazine, and last year they won, so no pressure….